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All users of the Colorado River now have a more efficient way to find U.S. Geological Survey science critical to its future management.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — A newly published study from the U.S. Geological Survey explains how salinity in the Upper Colorado River Basin has changed...

A new nationwide study by USGS scientists provides additional scientific evidence that pesticides are likely negatively impacting aquatic invertebrate...

USGS scientists, working with scientists and resource managers from multiple U.S. Department of Interior Bureaus and other government agencies, have...

High phosphorus levels can drive overgrowth of algae and plants, depleting oxygen and causing harmful algal blooms, fish mortality and habitat loss. A...

Do you have experience with qualitative research, social science, or human geography? The USGS Water Resources Mission Area is forging new ground with...

National report summarizes 30 years of groundwater-quality data, including analysis of contaminants.

The “centennial observing station” recognition —which includes streamgages for the first time—is part of an effort to maintain long-term earth...

Decision-support tools can be useful to natural resource managers, policy makers and other stakeholders that use USGS data. USGS scientists analyzed...

We use multiple methods to collect suspended sediment data, depending on the needs of the project.